Question:
Anyone had MEDICARE pay for a VSG - vertical sleeve gastrectomy???
— lindad137 (posted on August 20, 2008)
August 20, 2008
Mediare pays for gastric and lap band, I wouldn't know why they wouldn't
pay for the gastric sleeve, if you meet their criterias.
Medicare was going to pay for my gastric bypass, but couldn't pass my
cardiologist test but my cardiologist said yes to lap band and they paid
for it.
— dyates2948
August 20, 2008
We tried for 7 months of appeals - I finally gave up and will have the
Lap-Band 8/26. Medicare does not cover it in their policy, period, and
despite several doctors' letters stating it would be safer and more
beneficial to me they said there was no proof I would need a procedure that
has no medical evidence of success.
— obeseforever
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